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e. F. TUCCIARONE! WELT AND FLAP MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, I913.

Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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GERARD F. TUCt'lIARONE, OF RGGl-IESTER, NEW YORK.

WELT AND FLAP MARKER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

.Be it knownthat I, GERARD F. TUocIA- noun, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Welt and FlapMarkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the This inventionrelates to a welt and flap marker and has for'its object to provide adevice of this kind which is simple and inexpensive to make, and whichprovides a means for rapidly and accurately performing this operation.In tailoring shops it has been the practice to mark the pocket welt andflaps before assembling the garment,,by hand, wooden, or, morefrequently, cardboard forms or straight edges being used for thepurpose. This operation is not only very slow, and therefore expensive,but owing to the personal element and the fact that the rulers andpatterns used wear unevenly, is very inaccurate. The object of myinvention is to provide a device in which a metal straight edge is used,which is adapted to clamp the work to the work bench or table on whichthe goods is marked, and an adjustable gage to cooperate with thestraight edge or clamp. To theseand other ends the invention resides incertain improvements and combinations of arts all as will be hereinaftermore fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claimsat the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a welt and flap marker constructed inaccordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a work bench or table showing myinvention applied thereto, 7

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1, V

Fig.4.- is an enlarged sectional View of one of the plungers initsguide,

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Flg. and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the means forsecuring the gage inadjusted position. V V V My improveddevice comprisesa bed plate Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dg 30, 1919.

Application filed July 8, 1918. 1

Serial No. 243,998.

or support 1 which is secured or supported. 1n a work bench or table 2.A portion of the :has a groove or recess 3 in its upper surface whichextends rearwardly from the front edge thereof. In this recess isslidably mounted a block 4. formed integral with a gage bar or plate 5.In the bottom of the groove-3 is formed a slot extending through theplate 1 and a bolt6 extends through the gage. 5 and the groove andreceives a thumb nut 7 at its lower end and serves to secure the gage inadjusted position to the bed plate 1. Adjacent the groove 3 is providedan indicating scale 8 which serves for quickly and accurately adjustingthe gage plate in desired position. Formed integrally with the bed plate1 and extending downwardly therefrom is a pair of guides or sleeves 9,each of which receives a plunger 10 which is shouldered at each end. Theupper ends of the plungers 10 receive the ends of a clamp or bar 11which is secured to the plunger by means of nuts or otherwise. At itsrear side the clamp 11 is provided with a straight edge 12 against whicha crayon or other instrument is guided in marking the goods. Secured bymeans of nuts to the lower end of the plungers 10 is a bar or yoke 12which connects the plungers. It will be noted that by this structure thebar 12 plungers 10 and clamping bar 11 form a single unit which isslidably mounted in the guides 9. A contractile coil spring 13 has oneend connected to the yoke 12 and the other end anchored in a lug 14depending from the bed plate 1 and serves to hold the clamping bar 11 inelevated position as shown in Fig. 3. Also connected with the bar 12 isa hook 15 to which is connected one end of a chain 16, the lower end ofwhich is connected to the end of a foot treadle 17. The foot trcadle 17is pivotally supported in a pair of 18 resting on or adjacent the floor.A spring 19 is coiled about the pivot of the foot treadle and serves tohold the forward end elevated as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Therearend of the treadle may be provided with a flange 20 against whichthe heel of the foot may rest in operating the device. V

ings.

In using my device for marking a pocket welt or flap of a garment theparts are positioned as shown in Fig. 1, with the gage 5 adjusted toproperly position the flap to be marked. The clamping bar 11 is normallyelevated, as shown in Fig. 3, and the flap inserted with the edgeagainst the gage, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the draw- Thefoot treadle is now operated to move clamping bar 11 into clampingengagement with the flap against tension of the spring 13. The operatornow marks the goods along the straight edge 12 after which the foottreadle is released and the spring 13 raises the clamp and releases theworkpiece which can now be removed and a new one inserted.

By the use of my device the flaps and welts of pockets can be markedmuch more rapidly than by means hitherto employed. Since the straightedge 12 is made of metal and the distance between the gage 5 and 12 isaccurately fixed all flaps marked by my device without changing theposition of the gage 5 are marked alike and accurately.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

.1. In a marking apparatus, the combination with a support, of a platecarried thereby, a clamp having a straight edge, supportmg means for theclamp permitting a movement thereof toward and from said plate, atreadle for moving the clamp toward said plate, means for automaticallymoving the clamp away from said'plate, a gage carried by said plate formovement thereon toward and from the clamp in parallelism-therewith, andan indicating scale for the gage.

2. In a marking apparatus, the combination with a support, of a platethereon, a clamp movably carried by said plate having a ruling guidethereon substantially parallel with one edge of said support, meansnormally holding said clamp in spaced relation to said plate, a treadleprojecting transversely of said edge of the support for moving saidclamp toward said plate and a gage supported on said plate for movementtoward and from said clamp.

GERARD F. TUCCIARONE.

